Background
KROOK, Dorothea was born on February 11, 1920 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Rachel Bergman (poet).
Professor of English Literature
KROOK, Dorothea was born on February 11, 1920 in Riga, Latvia. Daughter of Rachel Bergman (poet).
University of Cape Town, Newnham College, Cambridge.
Lecturer, Department, of English, University of Cape Town 1944-1946. Research Fellow Newnham College, Cambridge 1950-1953, 1958-1959. Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of English, Cambridge University 1954-1959.
Lecturer, Association Professor, Professor, Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1960-1972.
Professor Tel-Aviv University 1973-1985, Professor Emeritus.
Israel National Academy, of Sciences and Humanities 1974.
Married 1st Max Krook in 1943 (dissolved in 1954). Married 2nd Zerubavel Gilead in 1968 (deceased in 1988).